Improvement in express-boxes



H. H. KINGSBURY.

Express-Box.

No. 207,969. I Patented Sept. 10,1878,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIRAM H. KINGSBURY, OF OLNEY, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN EXPRESS-BOXES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,969, dated.September 10, 1878; application filed August 10, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HIRAM H. KINGSBURY, of Olney, in the county ofBichland and State of Illinois, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Express Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the followingis a full, clear, and exact description of the construction andoperation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon.

Figure] of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal centralsection of my express-box. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same; and Fig. 3is a perspective view, showing the cover open.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof an expressbox for sending money and other valuables, and in thedevices for locking and sealing the same, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

The annexed drawings, to which reference is made, fully illustrate myinvention.

A represents a box, made of any suitable material and of any desireddimensions, and provided with a sliding lid, B. On the top of the lid Bare fastened two elongated staples, a a, and a similar staple is securedin each end of the box.

The front edge, g, of the lid B is provided with a metal plate, b, andthrough the front 9 of the lid is a mortise, h, for the passage of ametal plate, 0, which passes down into a hole, 1 made for that purposein the front end of the box.

For fastening and sealing the box, I use the following means: One end ofa cord or string or wire, (I, is fastened to a pin, e, in a recess onthe inside of the bottom of the box,'and then passed upward through themoney, if of paper, and through a hole, k, in the center of the lid B.The cord or wire is then passed forward to the front end of the box,where it is passed through a hole in the upper end of the plate 0 andthrough the front edge of the lid.

A band, D, is passed around the box under the elongated staples a a, thetwo ends of the band overlapping each other at the rear end of the box.The cord or wire d, after being passed through the front end of the lid,is carried backward over the lid, under the band D, to about the centerof the lid, where it is passed through the band and to the back end ofthe box outside of the band.

In the rear end of the box is fastened a pin or stud, it, having a holethrough it. The overlapping ends of the band D are placed over the pinor stud a, so that the end thereof will protrude beyond the same. Thecord or wire 01 is passed down through the hole inthe pin a, and thenpassed upward again, and fastened by a seal, F, which fastens the endsof the band D together.

It will readily be seen that with these devices it will be almost animpossibility to open the box without the same being discovered.

The band D may be made of paper, leather, cloth, or any other suitablematerial, and is intended to have such notices, &c., printed thereon asthe express company may desire.

G represents a metallic seal-lock, with wires 6, which may be used asadditional security, the wires being passed through the lid and one endor side of the box, as shown.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the box A, lid B, plate 0, and a cord or wire, d,having one end fastened inside the box, then passing through the lid and4 through the plate 0 and front edge of the lid, and the other endfastened by a seal on the outside of the box, substantially as setforth.

2. The combination of the box A, lid B, plate 0, band D, cord or wire d,perforated pin a, and seal F, all constructed and arranged substantiallyas and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

HIRAM H. KINGSBUBY.

WVitnesses I S. B. WINSOR, J. P. WILsoN.

